Collar-fastener.



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UNITED STATES,

Patented December 8, 1903.

V PATENT OFFICE.

. COLLAR-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 746,57 5, datedDecember 8, 1903.

Application filed August 6,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM REED, a citizen of the United States, residingat Middletown, in the county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Fasteners; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in horse-collar fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener of theloop-and-lever type which will enable the use of short inextensiblestraps,

and thus effect a saving in stock and longer wear, while permitting ofthe necessaryadj ustment to secure a proper fastening of the collar,and, further, to provide means for preventing disconnection of theharness from the collar, thus enabling as secure a connection of theharness on the collar to be obtained with a flat-top collar as with apeaked-rim collar, doing away with the necessity of employing thelatter, and thereby saving in the cost of manufacture of the collar andgiving greater comfort to the animal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of theupper portion of a horse-collar equipped with my improved fastener. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the coupled fastener detached; and Fig. 3 isa vertical section through the fastener, taken on a line through thehame-retainers.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 denote the ends of the collar, and 3 and 4 theloop-frame and lever of the fastener. The frame 3 comprises a transversebar 5, at the ends of which are formed guide-loops 5 for the straps 6,which secure it to the end 1 0f the collar. From one side of the bar 5extends a coupling portion consisting of a U-shaped piece 7, whose sidesare connected by a cross-piece 8, extending parallel with the bar 5,thus forming a pair of loops 9 and 10. From the sides of the piece 7rise arms 11, which may be in form of loops, as shown, or simple studsand which are designed to receive the hame-coupling between them, andthus act as retainers to prevent the coupling and hames from moving outof position. By this means a flat-top collar may be used withoutliability of the hames Serial No,168,499. (No model.)

turned down over the top of the outer end of the U-piece 7 to couplewith the frame 3,

and thereby connect the ends of the collar together. This adjustableconnection afforded by the provision of the loops 9 and 10) enables meto also make the strap 13 short and inextensible, doing away withbuckles and avoiding the wear consequent upon the adjustment ofextensible straps, thereby effecting-an initial saving in the cost ofstock and a later saving in the way of repairs to the purchaser and userof the collar.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A collar-fastener comprising a loop-frame formed of a cross-bar providedwith spaced end strap-loops arranged wholly upon one side thereof, aU-shaped coupling-piece joined at its open side to the opposite side ofthe cross-bar on a line between the centers of said loops, the saidparts being segmentally curved, arched stops risingfrom the sides of thecoupling-piece and bracing the extremities thereof at their junctionwith said crossbar and the outer cross-bar of the coupling,andadivision-bar extending parallel with the said cross-bars andconnecting the arms or sides of the coupling-piece intermediate of thelength of the same and midway between the arms of the arched stops, thusforming receiving-loops and bracing the sides of the coupling and thestops against spreading,

and a coupliug-leveradapted to pass through In testimony whereof I havehereunto set either of said loops and consisting of a looped my hand inpresence of two subscribing wit- 10 frame having a cross-piece adaptedto abut nesses. against the outer or division cross-bar of the 5 loop,curved forwardly to take beneath either ADAM REED of said cross-bars,and having forwardly and Witnesses:

laterally extending strap-loops, substantially ALFRED G. COX, asdescribed. TALBERT WILLIAMS.

